Pool Care Secrets

Welcome to Pool Care Secrets - A Regular Weekend Warrior’s Guide to Keeping It Blue

We purchased our first home nearly a year ago, and with it came an in-ground swimming pool. I was excited to do a lot of swimming, because the weather here in Sarasota, Florida is gorgeous year-round. Little did I know that I’d spend more time caring for my pool than swimming in it.

It’s this constant struggle that led me to put together a compendium of the Web’s (and print’s) best (and worst - where noted) information on taking care of that big hole in your patio, the one that insists on being anything but clear, blue, and inviting.

PoolCareSecrets is somewhat of a misnomer, because there are NO SECRETS to having a sparkling blue swimming pool. At least, that’s what they keep telling me.

Epoxy Fix for Cracked Concrete

Filed at 2:03 pm under Chris' Pool Blog and Happy Pool and Patching Concrete by Chris

Prior to purchasing our home, which came with this pool, there were a few items on the punchlist to be fixed before closing. One of these was the “hole” in the side of the pool. It was patched with presumably the same stuff I used to fix it today. It’s a 2-part epoxy putty that cures under water when the resin and epoxy are mixed together manually. It sets under water. We’ll see how long it holds up. I may or may not sand it down.

2-part epoxy resin.

Notice all the crumbled stuff at the bottom.

Ah, summertime blues. 

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